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CHAPTER III. 



ifuseum at iMncao — Mr. Dealers splendid aviary and gardens 

 »— The Paradise bird — Natural history of this splendid 

 Cfei^re — Anecdotes— Superb magpie — Loris — ^Descrip- 

 tion of the aviary. 



A museum has been esta1>lis]ied at Macao, by 

 the Eiighsh residents, and even now contains an 

 extensive and excelliiit ^^Hectiaa ofbir4% beastSi 

 w^pons, fi3ssil$9 b<m 931 psxiss^ of #10 wofM. 

 Several roonas are aproprfatad solely for this col- 

 lection, having a person to take charge of them, 

 and attend upon visitors. So little encourage- 

 mentj howeverjis given to natural science^ and tlie 

 BuTopean merchants agi^ m utoek alt^r);^ in 

 mmantite affairs:, m the dissoXt^ozi of the 

 est^WfellHjaaiof the Honourable East India Com- 

 j)any, this excellent nucleus for an extensive, va- 

 luable, and, (with scientific arrangement,) useful 



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